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Coffee Break: Fruit bands

The Cranberries (left to right): Noel Hogan, Fergal Lawler, Dolores O'Riordan, Mike Hogan.
The Cranberries (left to right): Noel Hogan, Fergal Lawler, Dolores O'Riordan, Mike Hogan.Jess Baumung/Courtesy of the artist, via NPR

January 15, 2019

Today in 2018, Irish musician and singer-songwriter Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries died. The Cranberries rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, and has sold over 40 million records worldwide, and achieved four top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

We'll save our Irish musician Coffee Break for St. Patrick's Day in March, but for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have a fruit in their name?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
The Oranges Band - Atmosphere
Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can
Black Grape - Set the Grass On Fire
Peaches - I Mean Something feat. Feist
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
The Apples In Stereo - Glowworm
Moby Grape - Omaha
Bananarama - Venus